Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 13, 2012
Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) first Airbus A380 returned to Toulouse Thursday following completion of interior furnishing and cabin system tests in Hamburg, Airbus announced.
May 08, 2012
Avolon announced it has acquired two new Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be delivered to US Airways later this year. Skyworld Aviation, working with Nineteen Hundred Aviation, has delivered one BAE Jetstream 31 to Icelandic carrier Eagle Air. Djibouti Dubai Express Holding Co. (DAALLO Airlines) has purchased one BAe 146-200 from Falko.
May 08, 2012
Tianjin-based Okay Airways (OKA) has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to launch a regional airline and plans to place a firm order for 20 AVIC-produced MA60 turboprops, according to OKA EVP Liu Jieyin.
May 08, 2012
Etihad (EY) has canceled seven Airbus A350-1000s from an original order of 25 aircraft, Airbus has confirmed.
May 08, 2012
Rolls-Royce has completed the first test run of its upgraded Trent 1000 Package C variant, the company announced Tuesday.
Feb 11, 2021
Following Airbus’ drive to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft in service by 2035, several French players in commercial air transport have launched a “call for expressions of interest” centered on hydrogen use at airports.
Feb 10, 2021
Korean Air plans to reduce its passenger fleet again this year by delaying scheduled deliveries and returning some aircraft to lessors.
Feb 10, 2021
Urban air mobility startup Archer is to go public in a deal that will raise up to $1.1 billion to fund commercialization of the company’s all-electric air taxi.
Feb 10, 2021
Ethiopian Airlines has decided to continue operating the Boeing 737 MAX and now plans to return the aircraft to service in July.
Feb 10, 2021
Vertical Aerospace has tapped aerospace composites provider Solvay to supply the VA-1X electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi program.
Feb 09, 2021
German researchers are flight-testing a satellite-based landing system for commercial aircraft that uses signals from a space-based augmentation system, potentially reducing the cost of providing precision approach capability at smaller airports.
Feb 09, 2021
British Airways is to invest in a sustainable aviation fuel plant to be built in the U.S. and anticipates receiving 7,500 metric tonnes a year of low-carbon jet fuel from the facility beginning at the end of 2022.
Feb 09, 2021
Two projects have been announced in the Netherlands with the goal of producing carbon-neutral synthetic jet fuel using renewable energy.